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1 Child Support and W-2 are working together to better serve Wisconsin families. More child support is paid when families understand the rules. Recent child support policy changes are giving more money back to families and More for KID$! Child Support Paid Child Support Families Get While Receiving W-2 Payments If you learn the new rules and then tell your families, your families will likely get more support (and will rely less on W-2 payments). More child support paid + more passed through = More for KID$! Child Support & W-2: Child Support Families Get When Not Receiving W-2 Payments $40 $30 $40 $60 $45 $60 $100 $75 $100 Working Together for Wisconsin Families The More for KID$! project is a collaboration between the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF) and the Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Support for the project comes from the Office of Child Support Enforcement and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

2 Child Support and W-2 are working together to better serve Wisconsin families. Ask your worker today how recent child support changes give more money to your family and More for KID$! Child Support & W-2: Working Together for Wisconsin Families The More for KID$! project is a collaboration between the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF) and the Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Support for the project comes from the Office of Child Support Enforcement and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

3 Mantenimiento de Menores y W-2 trabajan juntos para servir mejor a las familias de Wisconsin Pregunte a su trabajador cómo los cambios recientes de mantenimiento dan más dinero a su familia y MÁS PARA LOS NIÑO$! Mantenimiento de Menores y W-2: Trabajan juntos para las familias de Wisconsin The More for KID$! project is a collaboration between the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF) and the Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Support for the project comes from the Office of Child Support Enforcement and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

6 The Child Support and Wisconsin Works (W-2) programs serve many of the same families, and both programs are complicated and can be difficult to understand. The More for Kids! collaboration is bringing W-2 and Child Support staff together to improve their communication with participants about both programs, and to enable them to work together to better serve Wisconsin families. As part of this collaboration, W-2 and Child Support have created this packet to inform you about some policy changes that might affect the people you serve. Starting October 1, 2010, W-2 payment recipients will get 75% of current child support payments. When families stop receiving W-2 payments, they will get 100% of child support payments. Families no longer have to sign over back support when signing up for W-2 payments. The money is now theirs to keep. All of these changes mean More for KID$!

7 Did you know...? There are three new rules regarding child support and W-2 payments. 1) As of October 2009, recipients of W-2 or Caretaker Supplement payments are no longer required to sign over past-due support that was owed to them before they began receiving W-2 payments. 2) As of January 2010, once a family stops receiving W-2 payments they will get 100% of the child support that is paid. 3) As of October 2010, when a family is receiving W-2 or Caretaker Supplement payments they will get 75% of the current child support that is paid.? Studies show that when families receiving W-2 or Caretaker Supplement payments know the new rules for getting more child support, more child support is paid! When families learn these new rules, the other parent is likely to pay more (knowing the children will get more of what is paid). What does this mean for how you do your job? If you learn the new rules and then tell your families, your families will likely get more support (and will rely less on W-2 payments). More child support paid + more passed through = More for KID$! Please note the following: Payments made on current support and past-due child support while the family is receiving W-2 or Caretaker Supplement payments will go to the State. The State will pass through to the family 75% of the money applied to the State-owed debts. The State-owed past-due debts are the child support owed, but not paid, while the family is receiving W-2 payments. Once the family stops receiving W-2 or Caretaker Supplement payments, all the money paid on State-owed debts is passed through to the family. These new rules do not apply to State-owed AFDC debts (pre-1997). For more information regarding the collaboration between W-2 and Child Support, please contact your regional office (see enclosed contact sheet). For questions regarding individual participant cases, please contact your local W-2 or Child Support Agency. To order multiple copies of the handouts for payers and families in this folder: Document Sales at with your request. (Please include your street address, and the names and quantities of the desired items.) Or call Document Sales with your request at (608) (Madison area), or (800) (outside the Madison area) The Department of Children and Families is an equal opportunity employer and service provider. If you have a disability and need to access this information in an alternate format, or need it translated to another language, please call (608) or (800) TTY (toll free).

8 Family Fact Sheet New Child Support Rules Mean More for KID$! Now you don t have to give up your past-due child support to receive W-2. Your family no longer has to sign over existing child support debts to the State when signing up for W-2 payments. Past-due child support owed to your family before receiving W-2 or Caretaker Supplement payments is still owed to your family. Any payments made on past-due child support will go to your children. Past-due child support debts that build up while you are on W-2 will be signed over to the state while you are receiving W-2 benefits. But when you stop receiving W-2 or Caretaker Supplement payments, 100% of payments made on past-due child support now will go to you and your family. That means that once your family stops receiving W-2 payments, your family gets all the money paid on your child support case. Example Past-Due Child Support Paid With Old Rules You used to get 40% of the pastdue support paid on your case With New Rules You get 100% of the payment on your past-due support $20 $8 $20 $40 $16 $40 $60 $24 $60 You will receive more of the current child support paid on your case. Starting October 2010, if your family receives W-2 or Caretaker Supplement payments, 75% of the current child support collected will be passed through to your family. Example Current Child Support Paid With Old Rules You used to get 40% Starting Oct. 2010, You get 75% $50 $20 + W-2 payments $ W-2 payments $100 $40 + W-2 payments $ W-2 payments $150 $60 + W-2 payments $ W-2 payments Please note the following exceptions: These new rules do not apply to State-owed AFDC debts (pre- 1997). The Department of Children and Families is an equal opportunity employer and service provider. If you have a disability and need to access this information in an alternate format, or need it translated to another language, please call (608) or (800) TTY (toll free). DCF-P-5003

9 Paying-Parent Fact Sheet New Child Support Rules Mean More for KID$! More of the past-due support you pay will go to your children Parents who get child support no longer have to sign over existing support debts when signing up for W-2 payments. Past-due support owed to your children before the parent who gets child support signed up for W-2 or Caretaker Supplement payments is still owed to your children. Any payments you make on past-due child support will go to your children. Past-due child support debts that build up while the children are receiving W-2 will be signed over to the State while the parent is receiving W-2 benefits. But when the other parent stops receiving W-2 or Caretaker Supplement payments, 100% of your payments made on past-due child support will now go to your children. That means that once your family stops receiving W-2 payments, all the money paid on your child support case goes to your children. Example Past-Due Child Support You Paid With Old Rules, 40% of your past-due payment went to your children With New Rules, Now 100% of your past-due payment goes to your children $20 $8 $20 $40 $16 $40 $60 $24 $60 Your children receiving W-2 will get more of the current support you pay Starting October 2010, if your family receives W-2 or Caretaker Supplement payments, 75% of the current child support that you pay will be passed through to your children. Example Current Child Support You Paid With Old Rules, 40% of your payment went to your children Starting Oct. 2010, 75% of your payment goes to your children $50 $20 + W-2 payments $ W-2 payments $100 $40 + W-2 payments $ W-2 payments $150 $60 + W-2 payments $ W-2 payments Please note the following exceptions: These new rules do not apply to State-owed AFDC debts (pre- 1997). The Department of Children and Families is an equal opportunity employer and service provider. If you have a disability and need to access this information in an alternate format, or need it translated to another language, please call (608) or (800) TTY (toll free). DCF-P-5004

10 New Child Support Rules Mean More for KID$! 1st Change: Assignment of Past-Due Support Old Rule New Rule (began October 2009) Previously, any past-due child support that was owed to a participant before receiving W-2 or Caretaker Supplement payments was signed over to the State. Most of the payments made on those child support debts also went to the State. Recipients of W-2 or Caretaker Supplement payments are no longer required to sign over past-due child support that was owed to them before they began receiving W-2 payments. These debts are owed to the family. Payments on these child support debts will be paid to the family. Example Parent Who Gets Child Support Pat has a child support order in place but the other parent, Bill, is not paying child support and has built up a debt of $2,000. When Pat signs up for W-2 payments, she is no longer required to sign over the $2,000 in past-due child support to the State as a condition of receiving W-2 payments. The $2,000 plus all accrued interest is owed to Pat. Even if Pat began getting W-2 payments before the rule change and had signed over the past-due child support debt, the $2,000 (plus any interest) is now owed to Pat. Note: Past-due support that builds up while a person is receiving W-2 or Caretaker Supplement payments will be assigned to the State until the person stops receiving those payments then that money will be owed to the family again. Example Parent Who Pays Child Support Bill has been unable to pay his child support, and has built up a debt of $2,000 in past-due support. The other parent, Pat, has had to sign up for W-2 for her and their child. Under the new rules, she no longer has to sign over that past-due child support to the State in order to receive W-2 payments. It is still owed to her. So, any payments Bill makes toward that debt will go to his family. Note: Past-due support that builds up while Pat is receiving W-2 or Caretaker Supplement payments will be assigned to the State until she stops receiving W-2 payments then that debt will be owed to the family again. Whom This Applies To: Families who have received, currently receive, or will receive W-2 or Caretaker Supplement payments. Please note the following exception: These new rules do not apply to State-owed AFDC debts (pre- 1997).

11 New Child Support Rules Mean More for KID$! 2 nd Change: Pass-Through of Past-Due Support Old Rule New Rule (began January 2010) When families stopped receiving W-2 payments, the State still kept 60% of the amount paid on past-due child support in order to pay back the federal government for the W-2 or Caretaker Supplement payments they received. Only 40% of the child support collection was passed through to the family. Now, 100% of payments made on past-due child support will go to the family when they no longer receive W-2 or Caretaker Supplement payments. That means that once a family stops receiving W-2 payments, they get all the money paid on their child support case it is as if they never got W-2 or Caretaker Supplement payments. Example Parent Who Gets Child Support Pat used to receive W-2 payments. Every month, the other parent, Bill, pays $100 in current child support and $20 on past-due support. Before the change, Pat got the full $100 of current child support but only $8 of the past-due support. The State kept the other $12 to pay back the federal government for the W-2 payments Pat received while on W-2. Under the new rules, Pat now gets the full $100 of current child support and the full $20 paid for past-due child support. Example Parent Who Pays Child Support Pat used to receive W-2 payments. Every month, Bill pays $100 in current child support and $20 on pastdue support. Before the change, his family got the full $100 of current child support but only $8 of the past-due support. The State kept the other $12 to pay back the federal government for the W-2 payments Pat received while on W-2. Under the new rules, the full $100 of current support and the full $20 paid for past-due support will go to Bill s family. Whom This Applies To: Former recipients of W-2 or Caretaker Supplement payments. Please note the following exception: These new rules do not apply to State-owed AFDC debts (pre- 1997).

13 New Child Support Rules Mean More for KID$! 3 rd Change: Pass-Through of Current Support Old Rule New Rule (begins October 1, 2010) All child support paid while the family was receiving W-2 or Caretaker Supplement payments was signed over to the State. Only 40% of the current child support payment was passed through to the family. Starting October 2010, 75% of the current child support collected for families receiving W-2 or Caretaker Supplement payments will be passed through to the family. Example Parent Who Gets Child Support Pat receives W-2 payments. Bill makes a child support payment of $100 each month. Before October 2010, Pat would receive $40 from that monthly payment. After October 2010, Pat will receive $75 from the monthly payment. Example Parent Who Pays Child Support Bill regularly makes a child support payment of $100 each month. Before October 2010, his family would receive $40 from his monthly payment. After October 2010, they will receive $75 from his monthly payment. Whom This Applies To: Current and future recipients of W-2 or Caretaker Supplement payments. Please note the following exceptions: These new rules do not apply to State-owed AFDC debts (pre- 1997).

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